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he said the time is not to take meaningful action. he was notified by homeland security advisor john brennan. he ordered flags lowered to half staff. this is about 5 minutes. >> i spoke with governor malloy and fbi director muller. i offered governor malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every resource he needs to investigate this crime, care for theirctimw and families. we have endured too many of these tragedies. each time i learned the news, i react not as a president but as anybody else would, as a parent. that was true today. there is not a parent in america who does not feel the same grief i fail. do. the majority of folks who died today were children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives head of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers, who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. our hearts are broken today. for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little chi
he said the time is not to take meaningful action. he was notified by homeland security advisor john brennan. he ordered flags lowered to half staff. this is about 5 minutes. >> i spoke with governor malloy and fbi director muller. i offered governor malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every resource he needs to investigate this crime, care for theirctimw and families. we have endured too many of these tragedies. each time i learned the news, i...
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Dec 22, 2012
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they expect action. let me be very plain. there is nothing presenting the speaker from presenting our bill and giving middle-class families certainty. this is not a game. this is not scoring political points. there will be very serious consequences for millions of families to go congress fails to compromise. there'll be a very serious consequences for our country ago congress fails to compromise. it is time for the speaker to return to the negotiating table, ready to compromise. it is time for house republicans to remember what is at stake. i repeat, $250,000, those tax cuts would pass in the house, if the speaker will let that bill come to a vote. >> the republican leader. >> most people are focused on what happened last night in the house. i want to focus on a press conference that congressional democrats held just a few hours earlier. here with the leaders of the democratic party here in the senate other than the president -- these are the folks with the greatest responsibility for protecting the american people from a mas
they expect action. let me be very plain. there is nothing presenting the speaker from presenting our bill and giving middle-class families certainty. this is not a game. this is not scoring political points. there will be very serious consequences for millions of families to go congress fails to compromise. there'll be a very serious consequences for our country ago congress fails to compromise. it is time for the speaker to return to the negotiating table, ready to compromise. it is time for...
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Dec 22, 2012
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it is like out of an action movie. the dollar was so rooted in the deep and abiding love of this country, we believe that we are a single ohana. one family. he devoted his life to making that family strong. after experiencing the horror of war in himself, he felt a profound connection. it was not unusual to take time out to sit down with the veteran or fellow amputee, trading stories, telling jokes. to heroes, generations apart. tempered in peace. no small measure because of his service, our military will always remain the best in the world. we recognized our sacred obligation to give our veterans the care they deserve. he did not always take credit for the difference that he made. however humble, one of the only landmarks to bear his name is a marine corps mess hall in hawaii. when someone asked him how he wanted to be remembered, he said, i represented the people of hawaii honestly into the best of my ability. i think i did ok. you were more than ok. you were extraordinary. it has been mentioned that he ended his spe
it is like out of an action movie. the dollar was so rooted in the deep and abiding love of this country, we believe that we are a single ohana. one family. he devoted his life to making that family strong. after experiencing the horror of war in himself, he felt a profound connection. it was not unusual to take time out to sit down with the veteran or fellow amputee, trading stories, telling jokes. to heroes, generations apart. tempered in peace. no small measure because of his service, our...
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how can you get action? if you were in that white house job could you be moving on the executive order or find a way to work with the congress do look at it from an? executive branch an -- from an executive branch perspective? >> the leadership you have shown has made this more attainable. i do not think i've seen anything. we have been looking at this since 1997 when they did this for protection. in 2013 when tom ridge nine release this in cyberspace. they have been working at this. dvina we are going to get something. we're probably going to get some of the executive orders. it is being very deliberate and coordinating with stakeholders in a private sector which is critical. when we talk about where we are, i have heard people say market forces have not worked out, we need to regulate. they do not some of the things they should be doing. it they also do not understand exactly how do we take something belts in an insecure environment. you cannot rip out everything and replace it. when you look at the execut
how can you get action? if you were in that white house job could you be moving on the executive order or find a way to work with the congress do look at it from an? executive branch an -- from an executive branch perspective? >> the leadership you have shown has made this more attainable. i do not think i've seen anything. we have been looking at this since 1997 when they did this for protection. in 2013 when tom ridge nine release this in cyberspace. they have been working at this....
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congress needs to come together and take action to protect the safety of our children. we must do better. there have been too many episodes in which children's lives and others have been lost that we must figure out ways to do things, to act to prevent these types of tragedies. this conversation must include a discussion about the culture of violence that preemanates our culture today, including the glorification of violence to our children and young adults. we see too much of this violence and it has to have an impact on young children. we need to know how we can responsibly deal with this circumstance. must include a discussion of the mental health services provided to americans, including our students. many of us have talked about this in the past. we have to be more aggressive in dealing with the mental health needs of all the people in our community. and as chairman leahy pointed out, we must discuss the issue about the ready access of individuals to weapons. now, i know there are different views in this congress. i must tell you, i don't understand why we need to
congress needs to come together and take action to protect the safety of our children. we must do better. there have been too many episodes in which children's lives and others have been lost that we must figure out ways to do things, to act to prevent these types of tragedies. this conversation must include a discussion about the culture of violence that preemanates our culture today, including the glorification of violence to our children and young adults. we see too much of this violence and...
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not only do we offer words, we offer action and that action takes the form of passing this legislation to ban assault magazines, to do so in a timely fashion so that we won't lose any more lives. i commend the president for his beautiful words to the nation, well, mostly to the families last night and to the community, but what a source of strength and inspiration he was, challenging us to act, he said, and let me say it again, we can't tolerate this anymore, he said, these tragedies must end and to end them, we must change. thank you, mr. murphy, for your leadership. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. mr. murphy: thank you very much to the leader and to my delegation and thank you to all that have come down this evening to publicly express their support for families of newtown to help paint us a path forward and i thank everyone for their private words as well. i will leave everyone with just two final thoughts. just a thought about newtown. newtown is a small town. a small town that is very close knit. over the last few days, as
not only do we offer words, we offer action and that action takes the form of passing this legislation to ban assault magazines, to do so in a timely fashion so that we won't lose any more lives. i commend the president for his beautiful words to the nation, well, mostly to the families last night and to the community, but what a source of strength and inspiration he was, challenging us to act, he said, and let me say it again, we can't tolerate this anymore, he said, these tragedies must end...
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but the founders spoke of nature as a guide to and as a measure of human action. they thought of nature not as something merely to be manipulated for human convenience but rather as a source of norms to be discovered. they understood that natural rights could not be asserted, celebrated and defended unless nature, including human nature is regarded as a normative rather than a merely con ting nt fact. this was a view but tressed by the view of teaching that nature is not chaos but rather as the replace of employment of chaos in the mind and will of the creator. this is the creator who endows us with natural right that is are inevitable, inalienable and universal and hence the foundation of democratic quality. and these natural rights are the foundation of limited government. government defined by the limited goal of securing those rights so that individuals may flourish in their free and responsible exercise of those rights. a government thus limited is not in the business of imposing its opinions about what happiness or what excellence the citizens should choose
but the founders spoke of nature as a guide to and as a measure of human action. they thought of nature not as something merely to be manipulated for human convenience but rather as a source of norms to be discovered. they understood that natural rights could not be asserted, celebrated and defended unless nature, including human nature is regarded as a normative rather than a merely con ting nt fact. this was a view but tressed by the view of teaching that nature is not chaos but rather as the...